Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956) Poster

Irvin Ashkenazy: Moose

Quotes 

  • [Crockett and Russel approach Fink as the Gullywhumper is secured to the boat landing] 

    Davy Crockett : Excuse me, mister? Which one of them fellers is captain of this boat?

    Mike Fink : What did you say?

    Moose : [laughing]  He wants to know who the captain is!

    [Fink smacks Moose] 

    Mike Fink : How long you bush-wackers been beating the backwoods? Why, everybody knows who the captain of the Gullywhumper is! It's me! Mike Fink, King of the River!

    George Russel : Well, Captain, meet up with Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier.

    Mike Fink : Davy Crockett, huh? Well, it sure is a small world. You're about a foot shorter than you oughta be.

    George Russel : Don't worry, he's still a growin'.

    Mike Fink : Yeah, like them yarns they keep spreadin' about him.

    Davy Crockett : Mighty hard to live up to, sometime.

    Mike Fink : Well, I don't have any trouble livin' up to mine. I am the original ringtail roarer from the thunder 'n lightnin' country! I'm a real snorter and a head buster! I can out-run, out-jump, out-sing, out-swim, out-dance, out-shoot, out-eat, out-drink...

    Davy Crockett : Out-talk?

    Mike Fink : Yeah, out-talk, out-cuss and out-fight anybody in the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers put together!

  • [Fink sees the Bertha Mae crew singing] 

    Mike Fink : Look at them clodhoppers, wouldja.

    [Jocko kicks Moose to wake him up] 

    Moose : Was I snoring again?

    Jocko : On your feet! They're catchin' up!

    Mike Fink : Don't strain yourselves, boys. They ain't gonna catch us.

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